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B-8 Do insects, animals, or diseases attack the plants
in the field? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
B-9 Do the plants lack water (rain, irrigation)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
B-10 Do the families lack good places to store food? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
B-11 Could the families raise small animals for food? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
B-12 Do serious diseases attack the animals? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
B-13 Could the families gather more wild foods, or could
they hunt or fish? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
B-14 Do the families sell their food instead of feeding
it to the children? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C. BUYING FOOD
C-1 Do the families buy some of their food? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
If YES. goto C-2.
If NO, goto D-1.
C-2 Do shops and markets often lack important foods? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C-3 Do the families lack money to buy the foods for sale? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C-4 Does food cost too much because transporters and
shopkeepers raise the prices? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C-5 Do the workers lack regular jobs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C-6 Do men working far away fail to send money to their
families? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C-7 Do the families have trouble selling their handicrafts
or their extra animals and crops? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C-8 Do the families buy the wrong foods (such as
soft drinks, alcohol, powdered baby
formulas, and expensive meats)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D. FEEDING THE CHILDREN
Do the mothers choose not to breast feed their
babies, or do they stop breast feeding too soon? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D-2 Are the mothers malnourished so they do not have
enough breast milk for their babies? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D-3 Do the mothers stop breast feeding their children
suddenly or too harshly? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D-4 Do the mothers get pregnant again too soon? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D-5 Do the families feed babies tinned milk
or instant formulas? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D-6 Do the babies start getting solid foods at the
wrong age? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D-7 Do the mothers leave their babies with people
who do not feed them well? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D-8 Are the children poorly fed because their families
are separated (by jobs, illness, divorce, death)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D-9 Do the little children eat only 1 or 2 times a day? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D-10 Do the families fill the children’s stomachs
with bulky foods (like cassava)
that have few proteins or calories? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D-l 1 Are the adult foods hard for little children to
eat and digest? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D-12 Do the adults and older children eat most of the
food before the little children get any? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D-13 Do traditions keep mothers and young children
from eating important foods? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .